Iraqi Official: Saddam Gives Info on Weapons, Funds Mon December 29, 2003 10:33 AM ET DUBAI (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein has given his U.S. captors information on hidden weapons and as much as $40 billion he may have seized while he was Iraq's president, an Iraqi official was quoted as saying on Monday.

Missing Pregnant Woman Found Dead in Field With Abdomen Cut Open, Fetus Gone The Associated Press Published: Dec 29, 2003 HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) - A missing pregnant woman was found dead in a field with her abdomen cut open and her fetus removed, and a woman she had befriended was in custody after bringing a dead fetus to a hospital, authorities said Monday.

Burundi's Papal Nuncio Killed, Vatican Says By Tom Rachman Associated Press Writer Published: Dec 29, 2003 VATICAN CITY (AP) - The pope's ambassador in Burundi was shot and killed by gunmen who opened fire at his car in the East African nation, the Vatican and a missionary news agency said Monday.

St Louis airport shuttle bus driver tells how dictator Saddam Hussein's reign terrorized his family's life. "We hear so much negativity about the war, and this is someone firsthand who said, 'No, we did the right thing.'"

December 24, 2003 OP-ED COLUMNIST Don't Stop Dean By WILLIAM SAFIRE ASHINGTON I am beginning to worry that Howard Dean may not get the Democratic nomination. Follow the convoluted reasoning:

"For an earthquake this size, every single sand grain on the planet dances to the music of those seismic waves," the Geological Survey spokesman Ross Stein said at a news conference. "You may not be able to feel them, but the entire planet is rung like a bell."

Wives hire other women to test 'cheating' men More spouses paying 'honey-trap girls' to gauge husbands' fidelity Posted: December 21, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

washingtonpost.com Al Gore's Son Arrested for Pot Possession The Associated Press Saturday, December 20, 2003; 9:40 PM

SADDAM HUSSEIN SPIT ON A G.I. AS HE WAS HANDCUFFED LAST WEEK OUTSIDE HIS SPIDER HOLE, U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES TELL TIME - SOLDIER PROMPTLY SLUGGED SADDAM

Diana, Princess of Wales was pregnant at the time of her death, it has been alleged. A senior French police source told the Independent on Sunday newspaper that there was a "cover up of sorts" following the car accident in Paris in 1997 in which Diana received fatal injuries.

2003-Dec-21 - 1988: Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie

The final Lord of the Rings film has broken box office records in 13 countries including the US and UK since being released on Wednesday. It has made a total of $57.6m (£32.6m) around the world in just one day.

Online Gamer in China Sues, Wins Over Virtual Theft Fri December 19, 2003 08:30 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters)

Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops Sat Dec 20,11:00 PM ET LONDON, (AFP)

"I'll beat the s--- out of them," Wesley Clark told a questioner

Court Throws Out Net Music Legal Tactics Fri December 19, 2003 04:30 PM ET By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters)

Lyrics to "Jingle Bells," published in 1857 by James Pierpont:

Design for the buildings replacing the World Trade Centers

Malvo Guilty of Murder in Sniper Spree Dec 18, 8:04 PM (ET) By MATTHEW BARAKAT

Court: Terror Suspects Must Get Lawyers Dec 18, 3:01 PM (ET) By DAVID KRAVETS

Albright: Bin Laden Comments Were 'Tongue-in-Cheek' Wednesday, December 17, 2003

'Gold Mine’ Saddam Hussein’s Loyalists Infiltrated U.S. Operations in Iraq

Secret Beatles recording December 18, 2003 AN American internet auction house claimed yesterday to have proof the Beatles reunited in secret in the mid-'70s to record a final album.

Glengary woman finds peanut surprise in coffee can

Half-Ton Snowball Traps, Injures Boy POSTED: 1:36 PM EST December 17, 2003

December 17, 2003 20:27:15 -- 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2003 -- For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston.

By Jonathan Amos BBC News Online science staff From beak to tail the figure is 4.7 cm long A sculpted piece of mammoth ivory may be the earliest representation of a bird in the archaeological record. The 30,000-year-old figurine, found at Hohle Fels Cave in Germany's Ach Valley, depicts what looks to be a diving cormorant with swept-back wings.

70 Stories of New York WTC Tower to Be Occupied Wed December 17, 2003 09:43 PM ET By Grant McCool

Unequal treatment' at Guantanamo David Hicks has been held at Guantanamo for two years A lawyer who has visited his client being held at a US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told the BBC prisoners there are not being treated equally.

By Jonathan Kent BBC, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is to consider using mass circumcision ceremonies to promote racial harmony.

Iran 'owed billions for Saddam war' The Iran-Iraq war claimed the lives of about one million people The head of Iraq's Interim Governing Council says Iran should be paid reparations for the war that Saddam Hussein waged against it in the 1980s. BBC News Thursday, 18 December, 2003, 05:21 GMT

Gunshots at House Connected to Columbus, Ohio-Area Highway Shootings The Associated Press Published: Dec 17, 2003

Iraqi Minister Scolds U.N. for Inaction Regarding Hussein By WARREN HOGE Published: December 16, 2003

Annan Says Evidence Suggests Most Kuwaitis Who Disappeared After Iraqi Invasion Were Killed The Associated Press Published: Dec 16, 2003

TECHBITS: Tiny Drives, Getting Sirius, E-7-Eleven, Cell TV, Singapore's Rise, Two-Way Crazy The Associated Press Published: Dec 17, 2003

Albright thinks Bush hiding bin Laden Tells Fox News' Kondracke she suspects political dirty tricks Posted: December 17, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern

AP: Bin Laden Approved Attacks in Turkey Dec 17, 6:37 AM (ET) By SELCAN HACAOGLU

Reuters gets 'award' for bias Group hits news agencies for 'dishonest' reporting of Mideast conflict Posted: December 17, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Truck Bombing Kills at Least 10 in Iraq Dec 17, 8:35 AM (ET) By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

Tariq Aziz Stops Calling Son Saddam

'Sex What?' Controversy Surrounds Popular Bracelets - but Some Say It's Hype By Martha Irvine The Associated Press Published: Dec 11, 2003

Space Invaders Video Game Set for New U.S. Invasion Fri December 5, 2003 03:02 PM ET

Homemade Vs. Canned, Whole-Wheat Vs. Refined at Contrasting Cafeterias By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press Writer Published: Dec 6, 2003

For One Who Narrowly Missed 1993 Commuter Train Shooting, Randomness Resonates By Melissa Rayworth The Associated Press Published: Dec 6, 2003

Stylist's Hair Catches Fire at Gas Pump

President Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate West Berlin, Germany June 12, 1987, "Tear Down This Wall" speech

Khaleej Times Online Editorial: Iraqis should have patience by Mohammed A.R. Galadari 3 December 2003

Duct Tape Teacher 2001 Darwin Award Honorable Mention

Lennon killer's signed LP on sale

In Texas, some folks jus' fixin' to unnerstand Ralph Blumenthal/NYT Friday, November 28, 2003

2003-Nov-28: How a woman consumed her twin and became two individuals - genetically speaking. By Garry Barker At the age of 52, she had just been told that she was not the mother of two of her three grown sons, yet she knew she had conceived them with her husband and delivered them naturally.

2003-Nov-28: Dutch potheads keep 'coffee' shops But only Dutch residents with identity cards will be allowed to use the cannabis cafes

2003-Nov-22: JFK assassination 40 years later
How the JFK conspiracy was born JIMMY BRESLIN in TEXAS
Nellie Connally recalls final day with Kennedy By Steve Bennett
Dallas detective who arrested Oswald shares memories By K. SHELBY SKRHAK
On a Bright, Sunny Day in Dallas by Gary North
George F. Will: 40 years after JFK's death by George F. Will
JFK Anniversary Brings Flood Of Memories by Helen Thomas